Humanities Research Center at VCU

04/16/2026

The hardest problems don't fit neatly into a single discipline. Neither does the best research. At VCU's first Humanities Research Symposium next week, students and faculty are crossing the lines between literature and neuroscience, technology and ethics, community memory and public policy — and finding something remarkable on the other side. Come see what's possible when curiosity has no borders.

Thursday, April 23, 9 am-4 pm, Cabell Library.

Keynote speaker: Lauren Tilton, University of Richmond, at 1 pm.
https://humanitiescenter.vcu.edu/events/co-sponsored/humanities-symposium.html

04/16/2026

04/08/2026

Looking to round out your semester with our slate of April events? We have you covered. Join us this April at Humanities Research Center!

APR 9: "It Was Just an Accident" Film Screening
APR 13: "Secret Addressee: Essays on How Poetry Matters" with David Wojahn
APR 21: VCU Q Collective Senior Scholar-in-Residence Keynote
APR 23: Humanities Symposium at Cabell Library

Visit our website at the link in our bio to register for all these events and more!

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03/22/2026

Can't wait to see everyone this coming Saturday, March 28th!

Join us on March 28 for Commonwealth Crossroads: A Celebration of Virginia's Immigrant Traditions!

Presented by the Virginia Museum of History & Culture and the Center for Cultural Vibrancy, with support from the VCU Humanities Research Center and the Virginia Folklife Program, experience music, dance, food, visual arts, and ceremonies performed by master artists from around the world now living in the Commonwealth.

Explore the power and range of cultural traditions that immigrants and refugees have brought with them and which now enrich the Commonwealth in many ways.

Get tickets at VirginiaHistory.org/CommonwealthCrossroads

01/31/2026

The director of the Humanities Research Center will spend a month at Université Bordeaux Montaigne.

01/29/2026

We are excited to share the VCU Humanities Research Center annual report capturing a transformative year of research and partnership. Grateful to collaborate with such brilliant colleagues and community leaders. Explore the stories here and let us know your thoughts: https://vcuhrc-annual-report-2024-2025.my.canva.site/

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01/23/2026

It was an honor to welcome Robert Gray, former Chief of the Pamunkey nation of Virginia to VCU this Wednesday as the inaugural Indigenous Elder in Residence, a program in the Humanities Research Center's "On Native Ground" initiative. Thank you to the VCU Department of History for hosting us, VCU College of Humanities and Sciences Virginia Commonwealth University- College of Humanities and Sciences and Dean Ingrassia for their continued support, and to News for publishing this article today. (article in comment below)

01/22/2026

Thanks so much to the VCU Department of History for hosting the reception for Chief Robert Gray, the inaugural Elder in Residence at the HRC this semester!

01/16/2026

Thank you so much to Dr. Sarah Raskin for her insightful talk at the Humanities Research Center at VCUthis afternoon on structural racism in the history of U.S. dentistry. What a fantastic book project! Grateful for an interdisciplinary talk and audience, with special thanks to Drs. Carlos Stringer Smith and Carmen Foster!

VCU College of Humanities and Sciences L. Douglas Wilder School of Government & Public Affairs

01/15/2026

TOMORROW, join the Humanities Research Center for our first in-person event of the semester! This Research Fridays event will be presented by Dr. Sarah Raskin, Associate Professor and Assistant Chair of Urban and Regional Studies and Planning in the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government & Public Affairs at VCU.

📅 January 16, 2026, 12pm-1pm
📍 Valentine House, room 201 | 920 W. Franklin St., Richmond, VA 23284
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/UmD5S9kPx86XRycV8